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I Letters Patent No. 64,1Q8, datcd {lprz'l 23, 1867. i

GATE.

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Be it known that 1, A. B. HURD, of Watkins, Schuyler' county, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a ciear, full, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts whenever they occur.

Figure 1 is a side elevation. Y

Figure 2 is a top plan View; and

Figure 3, a portion ofthe same shown in section.

I construct the gate A of ordinary fence boards, Z, secu-red together by eross-bars,f, in the usual manner: I then set two posts, E and F, so as to stand diagonally in relation to the line of the fence, as shown in gs; 1- and 2, and connect them by one or more cleats, n, as shown in iig. 2, the cleats being nailed in a horizontal position to the posts. On the vupper one of those cleats a bar, B, is pivotetl by a pin,.o, shown in dotted lineI in iig. 1, said bar B extending forward to about the centre Aof the gate, and also backward for about the saine distance, its rear end engaging under a projecting hook, b, secured to the post C inrear of the gate. f vTheg'a'te A is mounted on the bar Baand held there by means of the staples d, shown in dotted lines in iig. 1, andtimre.

clearly in g. 3, these Staples embracing said bar B, and being .driven into or otherwise secured to the middle and rear cross-barsf. A friction-pulley, e, is secured on the upperportion of these staples d, andrests-on the'` rail B, thus supporting the weight of the gate A. When the gate is closed, as represented in fig. 1, itsl .ffofnt end is supported by the post D, there being proper recesses for the ends of the boards or'rails Z to enter.'

To operate it, thc gate is shoved back on the bar B until its rear end strikes the pin or stop a, on about.

half the length of the gate, as shown in red in tig. 2, in which position it will be nearly balanced. on the'bar B, and by raising the front end slightly, the rear end of said'bar B is disengaged fronrthe liook b, and it, with the gate on it, may then be turned on the'pivot o to the position indicated in blue in iig. :'Z. When it is desired to close it, the gate is first swung back in line wit-l1 the fence until the rear end of the bar B engages again under the hook b, and the gate then drawn or shoved shut. i

1t will be' observed that when closed the weight of the gate is brought to bear -vertically on the three posts E, F, and D, and thatwhen4 open it bears rerticaily on the posts E and F, and that hence there is no tendency Whatever in this gate to cause the posts to sag or lean vto one or the other side.

No metal or other hinges are required, and I am thus enabled to produce a simple, cheap,'eicient, and durable gate, one that can be readily made by almost any p erson, at verysmall. expense, and that is not liable Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The bar B, pivoted on the cleat n, and having its rear end engaging with the hook b, as a support for the gate A, substantially as shown an'd described.

f?. I claim mounting the gate A on friction-rollers, arranged to run on the bar B, and having both gate and bnr swing around,'as set forth. I

3. The staples (Z, with the frietion-rollers mounted thereon and said staples arranged to embrace the bar,

as shown and described.

A. B. HURD.

Witnesses:

H. H. SMITH, T. H. ABBEY.` 

